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UNLEASHED, CHROME DIVISION, ENDSTILLE Confirmed For Germany's WINTERFIRE FESTIVAL

UNLEASHED, CHROME DIVISION and ENDSTILLE have been confirmed for the Winterfire Festival, set to take place On February 21, 2009 at Hessenhallenin Giessen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARKONA CHROME DIVISION DARK TRANQUILLITY ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM MENHIR MOONSORROW SHINING U...
October 21, 2008
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MANIAC's NOVA EXPRESS Changes Name To SEHNSUCHT

NOVA EXPRESS, the recently announced noise/darkwave/ambient project launched by SKITLIV/ex-MAYHEM frontman Maniac, has undergone a name change. The band, comprising Maniac on vocals and guitars, GALLHAMMER's Vivian Slaughter on bass, sax and backing vocals, and SKITLIV guitarist Ingvar on guitars, w...
October 5, 2008
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SHINING Mainman: 'We Don't Need Mindless Idiots Listening To Our Music'

Swedish black metallers SHINING have issued the following update: "SHINING's sixth studio album, 'VI / Klagopsalmer', has now been mixed and mastered and has been sent to Osmose Productions, who will shortly be unleashing its menace into the world. "SHINING have signed an endorsement deal with swedi...
October 2, 2008
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SHINING, FORGOTTEN TOMB Confirmed For Finland's FIREBOX METAL FEST

Sweden's SHINING and Italy's FORGOTTEN TOMB are the first two confirmed bands for the Firebox Metal Fest, set to take place April 17-18, 2009 at Rytmikorjaamo in Seinäjoki, Finland. A total of 20 death/black/doom/gothic bands will take part in the event, six of them Finnish and the rest of them from...
October 2, 2008
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THYRFING Confirmed For Germany's PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish "viking metallers" THYRFING have been confirmed for the 2009 edition of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 6-8, 2009 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DEN SAAKALDTE MARDUK SATYRICON SHINING THYRFING The third video teaser for "Hels V...
September 22, 2008
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MANIAC Launches NOVA EXPRESS With SKITLIV Guitarist And GALLHAMMER's VIVIAN SLAUGHTER

Former MAYHEM frontman Maniac, whose band SKITLIV has proved to be a surprising departure from the black metal genre for which he was best known for over 20 years, has formed a side-project with fiancée Vivian Slaughter, bass player/vocalist with the Japanese all-girl band GALLHAMMER, and SKITLIV's...
September 20, 2008
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ALICE IN CHAINS Performs LED ZEPPELIN's 'Kashmir' At Seattle's Qwest Field; Video Available

ALICE IN CHAINS played at halftime during the Seattle Seahawks 33-30 overtime loss last Sunday (September 14) to the San Francisco 49ers at Seattle's Qwest Field. The 12-minute performance in front of 67,000 people featured a cover version of LED ZEPPELIN's "Kashmir" accompanied by the Northwest Sym...
September 19, 2008
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MICHALE GRAVES Comments On MISFITS Near-Reunion

Jason Price of Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with former MISFITS singer Michale Graves. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Live-Metal.net: How did your departure from the MISFITS come about? Michale Graves: My departure came about from a series of events that took about a year...
September 10, 2008
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ALICE IN CHAINS To Enter Studio In October

ALICE IN CHAINS will enter the studio in October to begin recording its first all-new studio effort since 1995's self-titled third album. According to an online posting by The Baldy — whose job is "to travel the world with ALICE IN CHAINS and send photos, videos and blog entries back to [the webmast...
September 5, 2008
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HENRY ROLLINS And CHARLES MANSON Were Penpals

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins has revealed to NME.com that he exchanged letters with the serial killer Charles Manson. Rollins said that the pair wrote to each other a few times in the '80s after Manson took a shining to Rollins after seeing him on MTV. Rollins explained: "He wrote me a letter ...
September 3, 2008
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LEAVES' EYES Singer Says Playing This Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Was 'Dream Come True'

LEAVES' EYES/ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull has issued the following update: "Hopefully many of you had the chance to visit Wacken Open Air this summer! Playing in front of around 80,000 people [with LEAVES' EYES] was truly amazing. The whole concert was like one magic mome...
August 29, 2008
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'ZETRO' SOUZA Completes Tracking Vocals For TENET Debut

Guitarist Jed Simon (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ZIMMERS HOLE) has issued the following update on TENET, his project also featuring Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEATH, TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL) on drums, Glen Alvelais (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT) on lead guitar, Byron Stroud (FEAR FACTORY) on bass and Steve "Z...
August 25, 2008
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Ex-MISFITS Singer MICHALE GRAVES: Song From New Live Album Available For Streaming

Former MISFITS frontman Michale Graves will release a new live album, "Illusions Live 2008/Viretta Park", on October 21 via Screaming Crow Records. A track from the CD, "Blackbird", is available for streaming at this location. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Blackbird 02. Fiend C...
August 16, 2008
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SATYRICON, MARDUK, SHINING Confirmed For Germany's PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR Festival

SATYRICON, MARDUK, SHINING and DEN SAAKALDTE are the first confirmed bands for the 2009 edition of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 6-8, 2009 in Bad Berka, Germany. SATYRICON's new abum is tentatively due on November 3 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded in part at S...
August 15, 2008
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TARJA TURUNEN Checks In From Mexico

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has issued the following update: "We have been rehearsing with the band in Monterrey, Mexico for couple of days. Everything went perfect with the help of the local promoter and some friends. And we are ready to rock tonight! It was really nice to meet the people...
August 15, 2008